Shoe.



UNITED srATEs PATENT onirica,

Aannie. H., PNENZEL, on HALIFAX, PENNSYLVANIA, AssieNoR 'ro UNITED 'sIIOE MACHINERY COMPANY, OE PATERSON, NEW JERSEY, A oonronalrrIoN` OF NEW JEasEY.

Orignai application tiled May 21, 1913, Serial No. 768,@711. Divided and this v 15, 1914. Serial No. 861,821.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, ADAM II. PRENZEI., a

citizen of the United States, residing at` Halifax, in the county of Dauphin and State of Pennsylvania, have invented lcertain Improvements in Shoes, .of which the following description, in. connection with the accompanying drawings,'is a specification, like reference characters on the .drawings indicating like parts in the several figures.

f This invention relates to shoes and has for its general objectl to improve the construc.

little attention has been paid to the support ofthe upper uponithe inside of the shoe and to the proper shaping of the shoe with the result that stitch-down Shoes are generally in disfavor.

An object of the present invention is soto improve-ftheconstruction of the stitch-'down shoe tti/at without increasing materially the cost of the shoe, both its appearance, its fitA and 'its Wearing qualities'may be improved. A` further object of the invention is to .produce a stitch-down shoe which can 4easily he repaired.

A particular Object of the invention is the production of a stitch-down shoe which is ,especially adapted to'be inanufacturedby the staple lasting process and which, when so manufactured, has substantially every appearance and substantially all the qualities oi the best grades of shoes.

Y A preferred method of making the shoe constituting the present invention is dis,- closed and fully described in my 'co-pending 1913,!01l which the present application is a Specification of Letters Patent.

SHOE.

, Patented J illy 18, 1916.

application led September in connection with the accompanying drawings, in whi chy Figure 1 is a perspective view, partly in section, showing the construction of, and the pmode of preparing, the insole employed in the manufactureof the shoe of this invention; Fig. 2, by. section and elevation, shows the Ymanner of lasting the shoe and of securing the insole to the upper; Fig.` 3 shows, in brolren perspective, a completed shoe and, 1n section, the relative positions of the different parts of the shoes and FigA: illustrates ,an alternative mode of preparing thel insole.

In order that the shoe may be4 resoled4 without lasting, it is essential thatthe up per be secured to an insole independently of its connection with the outsole. It is important also, In order thatV the upper may keep its shape as it is worn, that there be i provided upon the inside of the upper some support above the point or line wherey the upper 1s bent outwardly to form the outturnedA flange by which it is secured to the insole and outsole.

To provide an insole to which the upper A may be secured independently of its attachnient to the outsole and at the saine.V time to provide means i'or supporting the upper upon the inside and furthermore to provide a shoulder or a crease against which or into which the ripper may be forced in the lasting operation is one of the objects of `the in- `vention, the invention aiming particularly4 to provide these elements without increasing materially either the .material costor the l labor f-cost of manufacturing the shoe.`

In Fig. 1 is shown the insole provided with the upper supporting means, this insole being preferably formed, as shown in Fig.

1,'by providing the usual so-called exten-r sion insole 2, that is, an insole whichwill extend to the edge of the outsole, and securing to this extension insole an insole .proper 4 which will be of suoli dimensions and outline that it will substantially t the bottom face of the last and will lie inside the upper and furnish a shoulder or insidesupport 6 for the upper.

In order to provide proper insulation'offk,

the foot from. the ground and also to cushion the foot, atilling piece 8 of felt, felt paper curing together the insole proper and extension insole at a distance from the edge of the insole proper, the angle between the upper and its outturned flange being located 5 between the lower-marginal face of the insole proper and the upper face of the extensionwinsole, .staples securing the upper 1 to the extension insole located perma'ncn l in said ang e and clenched upon the bottom 10X face of said insole, an outsole, a welt 1oceted upon the upper flange, end means for securing together the outsole, extension insole, upper and welt.

In testimony whereofhave signed my name to this specification in the presence of l two subscribing witnesses.

.ADAM H. PRENZEL.

Witnesses L. W. RYAN, G. W. SHUTZ. 

